We are entering another Dark Time for craft beer. Brewery closures and cutbacks are the trend, so it’s time to hunker down and wait it out until the next surge.

At least there is a lot of equipment out there to be had for the new breweries that are brave enough to open. And we have a lot more local taprooms than we did before the latest craft beer expansion, so there are places to wait things out.

This episode also has…

Nick went to Seattle and Portland and checked out their beer scenes. It seems nobody has told Seattle that we are in the middle of a Haze Craze and Nick wants everyone to leave them alone.

Taproom hoping with people that are not beer geeks can be fun… until about the third room.

Matt is back from California Craft Brewers Summit and has a story or two.
Russian River is brewing at their new facility, will we get some more Plinys out of it?
Our first pumpkin beer of the season is opened and Untapped tips are given.

Also, lots of voicemails, beer releases, and many other beer geek things!

Not everybody knows everything about beer. Some still think it’s better to buy warm beer if you’ll be transferring it warm. We are here to tell you that is wrong. Duh. In this episode, we tell you other beer and show things too. Some of those things are: